British Forces Post Office

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	The key targets have been set for the chief executive of BFPO for the financial year 2006–07. The targets are as follows:
	Key target 1: To provide a 100 per cent secure Defence Courier Service (DCS) for the carriage of protectively marked material (PMM). This target is broken down into the following sub-targets:
	PI 1: 100 per cent of packages to reach the required destination.
	PI 2: 100 per cent availability of the DCS capability.
	Key target 2: To provide a secure Defence Courier Service for the carriage of protectively marked material (PMM) operating within timescales for scheduled and special items, at not less than 98.7 per cent of that agreed with customers.
	Key target 3: To provide a resilient and dependable service for the controlled and specialised handling of defence official mails by operating at least 96 per cent of deliveries within scheduled timings, agreed with customers.
	Key target 4: To meet 96 per cent of the requirements negotiated and agreed with customers for the transit times for delivery and collection at defence mail centres (DMCs). This target is broken down into the following sub-targets:
	PI 1: 96 per cent of mail delivered to DMC by Defence Mail Service (DMS)/Parcelforce (PF)/ Royal Mail (RM) to be sorted and ready for delivery within one hour and 10 minutes of receipt.
	PI 2: 96 per cent of mail delivered to DMCs by DMS/PF/RM to be delivered to local customers the same day.
	PI 3: 98 per cent of mail delivered/collected into DMCs from local customers before 1500 hours to be sorted within one hour and 10 minutes of receipt.
	Key target 5: To meet 95 per cent of the agreed customer requirement for the movement of private and official mails from BFPO London to authorised overseas destinations within agreed timescales. This target is broken down into the following sub-targets:
	PI 1: 95.5 per cent or more of deliveries of private and official mail to static locations world-wide (less British Forces Germany) within agreed timescales.
	PI 2: 98 per cent or more of deliveries of private and official mail to British Forces Germany within agreed timescales.
	PI 3: 93.5 per cent or more of deliveries of private and official mail to operational and exercise locations within agreed timescales.
	PI 4: 95.5 per cent or more of deliveries of private and official mail to HM ships within agreed timescales.
	Key target 6: Total year-on-year direct RDEL cost growth to be no more than defence inflation less 1 per cent. This is an efficiency measure for continuous improvement while maintaining an effective level of service to our customers in accordance with the service level agreements.

Defence Analytical Services Agency

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Key targets have been set for the chief executive of the Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) for the financial year 2006–07. The targets, which build on the already high standards of service provided by the agency since its formation in 1992, are as follows:
	Key target 1: Support our MoD policy and decision-making customers by meeting at least 95 per cent of the timeliness and quality targets in our service level and project agreements, and by scoring at least 90 per cent in our customer satisfaction survey.
	Key target 2: Increase DASA's support for policy and decision making within MoD by delivering five key new products and/or services.
	Key target 3: Support the department's accountability by publishing the five key national statistics on time, with no major errors and in accordance with National Statistics guidelines and protocols; by meeting at least 95 per cent of the timeliness and quality targets for other defence national statistics; and by meeting timeliness targets for answering Parliamentary Questions.
	Key target 4: Develop and agree, by end July 2006, a DASA information strategy; implement actions planned under that strategy for 2006–07.
	Key target 5: Make sufficient efficiency gains to ensure DASA can implement and manage the new DASA JPA personnel data system.

Defence Aviation Repair Agency:Key Targets 2006–07

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Key targets have been set for the chief executive of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency for the financial year 2006–07. The targets are as follows:
	Key target 1—Quality: Achieve less than 15 attributable major customer concerns annually, on average financial year 2004–05 to 2006–07.
	Key target 2—Financial Performance: Achieve an annual return on capital employed of at least 3.5 per cent (excluding DARA's fast jet and engines businesses).
	Key target 3—Business Transformation: Carry out the actions by April 2007 that are required to effectively drawdown DARA's fast jet and engines businesses.
	Key target 4—Efficiency: Improve overall efficiency by at least 6 per cent (excluding DARA's fast jet and engines businesses).

Defence Communication Services Agency:Key Targets 2006–07

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Key targets have been set for the chief executive of the DCSA for financial year 2006–07 as follows:
	
		DCSA key targets for financial year 2006–07
		
			 Title Details Target 
			 Key target 1—Service Assurance The single agency measure of performance against customer supplier agreements (CSAs). To meet an average of 98 per cent for measured services against the performance targets agreed in agency CSAs. 
			 Key target 2—Service Availability The measurement of the availability of operational services to customers. To achieve an average service availability of 
			 98 per cent for operational and business critical services. 
			 Key target 3—Service Restoration The measurement of the agency's service restoration performance. To restore an average 98 per cent of interrupted services within negotiated timelines agreed to in CSAs. 
			 Key target 4—Efficiency Measurement The measurement of the reduction in the average unit cost of output. To achieve an improvement in efficiency by reducing the average unit cost of output by 2.5 per cent over 2005–06 costs. 
			 Key target 5—Project Delivery The measurement of the agency's effectiveness in introducing major complex projects. More than 92 per cent of new projects will meet their time, cost and performance targets.

Defence Storage and Distribution Agency: Key Targets 2006–07

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Key targets have been set for the chief executive of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency for financial year 2006–07. Key targets are as follows:
	Key target 1: To meet the customers' requirements as negotiated and agreed in business agreements (BAs). This key target is broken down into the following sub-targets:
	For explosive materiel, to supply 95 per cent of available maintained munitions within demand timescales.
	For non-explosive materiel, to supply 95 per cent of issues to consumers, as forecast and agreed in BAs; to meet that element of the supply chain pipeline time (SCPT) for which DSDA has responsibility.
	To process within limits agreed with each individual customer 98 per cent of all receipts that conform to the specifications laid down in the contract and/or materiel regulations.
	Key target 2: Key target 2 is an efficiency measure for continuous performance improvement to achieve a 2.5 per cent (net of 2.5 per cent inflation factor) reduction in the unit cost of output (UCO) in financial year 2005–06 (based on financial year 2004–05) while maintaining an effective level of services to the customers in accordance with the business agreements (BAs).
	Key target 3: The value of inventory written off as a result of DSDA's actions to be less than the levels agreed within each business agreement (BA). This key target is broken down into the following sub-targets:
	The value of explosive materiel written off as a result of DSDA's action to be less than 0.02 per cent of the explosives inventory. This includes associated weapons build components that are integral to the weapon system or munitions (including non-explosive components), tools, test equipment and materials that belong to the integrated project teams (IPTs), which are in the custody of DSDA.
	The value of non-explosive materiel written off as a result of DSDA's action to be less than levels agreed within each BA.

Defence Transport and Movements Agency: Key Targets 2006–07

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Key targets have been set for the chief executive of DTMA for financial year 2006–07. The targets are as follows:
	Key target 1: To achieve at least a "satisfactory" rating in the provision of planning and delivery of transport and movements support to emerging operations, an increase in the tempo of existing operations or other requirements.
	Key target 2: To achieve at least a "satisfactory" rating in the planning and delivery of transport and movements support to enduring operations.
	Key target 3: To provide roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel capability at the readiness states required.
	Key target 4: To meet customers' requirements as negotiated and agreed in customer supplier agreements (CSAs) to deliver:
	98 per cent or more of agency transactions and services, however provided, to be within agreed time, quantity, quality and cost (TQQC) criteria; and
	at least 96 per cent (previously 94 per cent) of transactions against each service to be within agreed TQQC criteria.
	Key target 5: To reduce the average unit cost of output by 1 per cent on the actual unit cost achieved in 2005–06, in real terms.

Department for International Development: Departmental Report

Baroness Amos: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Hilary Benn) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I am today laying before Parliament the Department for International Development's departmental report 2006.

Disposal Services Agency:Key Targets 2006–07

Lord Drayson: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Key targets have been set for the chief executive of DSA for financial year 2006–07. The targets are as follows:
	Key target 1: To achieve a disposal sales income of £63 million from sales of surplus government-owned equipment and repayment business.
	Key target 2: To meet the key performance standards agreed with DSA's customers and specified in internal business agreements and in customer supplier agreements with other public bodies.
	Key target 3: To ensure that the agency is at or above the standard of the public sector benchmarking report for overall customer satisfaction. The agency should achieve a level of current satisfied customers of at least 90 per cent and very satisfied customers of at least 25 per cent.
	Key target 4: To demonstrate value recovery from 70 per cent of surplus arisings handled by DSA through resale, recycling, composting or energy generation (or any other accepted method of landfill avoidance).
	Key target 5: To keep within an agency administration cost of £6 million for financial year 2006–07.

NHS: National Blood Authority and UK Transplant

Lord Warner: My honourable friend the Minister of State (Caroline Flint) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	The annual accounts of the National Blood Authority and UK Transplant for 1 April 2005 to 30 September 2005 and any accompanying Comptroller and Auditor General reports have today been laid before Parliament pursuant to Section 98(1C) of the National Health Service Act 1977.
	Copies have been placed in the Library.

Search and Rescue Helicopter Project

Lord Davies of Oldham: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Transport (Dr Stephen Ladyman) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
	I am pleased to announce, together with the Minister for Defence Procurement (Lord Drayson), that the Department for Transport and the Ministry of Defence have agreed that the joint search and rescue helicopter project should go to its next stage. It will now go forward to a competition under the private finance initiative. The service will still retain a high proportion of military aircrew alongside civilian aircrew trained to the same high standards.
	We are committed to maintaining the effectiveness and high standards of the United Kingdom search and rescue helicopter service, currently provided by the Ministry of Defence and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, when the existing Ministry of Defence helicopters come to the end of their service life and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency service contract comes up for renewal, in the next decade.
	The decision to proceed to this next stage provides an opportunity to bring together the current search and rescue helicopter providers into one harmonised service under a single contract providing the taxpayer with value for money. The service will continue to be managed jointly by the Ministry of Defence and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Security Industry Authority: Annual Report 2004–05

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Vernon Coaker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I am pleased to announce that the annual report 2004–05 and accounts of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) will be laid before Parliament on 9 May 2006 and published on that day.
	Copies of the report will be available in the House Libraries.